Name of firm

The Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Håndværksrådet

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Area of activity

Institutional Development of  SME Organisations

Name of contract

WWW St. Petersburg

Country (-ies)

Russia

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Name of Client

National Agency for Enterprises and Construction

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Clients address

Dahlerups Pakhus, Langelinie Allé 17, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Nature of assignment

The project main goal is to make the business conditions more transparent to companies by providing accessible information services. The Project partner is The Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St. Petersburg.

The objectives of the project are to 1) develop and implement a web based business information service in St. Petersburg, 2) educate and train within the business information service in running and updating the webside and on issues related to starting up and doing business in St. Petersburg and 3) establish a network between the staff within the business information service and representatives from authorities involved in the legal and administrative procdures for setting up and doing business in St. Petersburg.

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Contract role of Håndværksrådet

Distribution in per cent

Main contractor

Sub-contractor

Member of JV

COWI

Håndværksrådet, Håndværksrådet International, St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development

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Amount of total contract, and part undertaken by Håndværksrådet as sub-contractor or member of a joint venture. In Euro

Total contract

Sub-contract

Member share

Håndværksrådet fees 32,000

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Date of award/completion

Number of man months

Start date: 15^th of September 2005

Completion date: 27^th of February 2007

Man months: 2,5

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DFSME's role is mainly in: 1) analysing the needs and demands of companies for information and information services, 2) development of action plan and business plan, 3) establishment of the business information service and education and training sessions for the staff, 4) Starting up of network.

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